Police blotter

VANDALIA (OCT. 20) – Police said a semi and trailer that attempted to turn around in the lot of Dairy Queen and 3:30 a.m. and ended up driving over the curb and crushing the drive thru speaker system. The damage incident was caught on video. Police called the trucking company to discuss what happened.

VANDALIA (OCT. 20) – A man told police someone took items from his recently deceased father’s home without permission. The man told police he had a suspect in the thefts.

PIQUA (OCT. 31) – The owner of a South Wayne Street business reported to Piqua police that someone placed a large amount of dog feces on the front step of his business.

PIQUA (NOV. 1) – A man called police complaining the relatives were making comments on Facebook about him allegedly stalking someone in the city. The man said he wanted the harassing statements to stop. Police reported the man was told his concern was a civil issue and to block the subjects on Facebook.

PIQUA (NOV. 1) – Police received a report of an argument in the parking lot of Wal-Mart around 8:30 p.m. On arrival, police found a man in his vehicle, talking loudly on the phone.

TIPP CITY (OCT. 31) – An employee of Dairy Queen on West Main Street reported the theft of $18,000 from the business.

TIPP CITY (OCT. 22) – Police were called around 9:30 p.m. to a residence where a 16-year-old boy jumped out of a window. The house’s owner said the boy and his daughter had been in the house alone. The boy was told to stay away from the house, police reported.

ENGLEWOOD (NOV. 5) – A man who admitted saying a gun might be involved in a dispute over campaign signs was charged with making false alarms. Englewood police said they were called to a disturbance in which one man was yelling at two other men about having a Trump campaign sign in the yard. The caller said officers should come quickly because the one man had a gun. When police arrived, the man said he told the dispatcher the one man might have a gun because he was afraid a physical fight was about to begin and he knew police would come faster if they heard a gun was involved. The man finally admitted that falsely reporting a gun was involved was wrong. He was given a date to appear in court.

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